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From YouTube: 4-4-23 City Council Quarterly Work Session
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Des Moines City Council quarterly work session on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.
View the agenda: https://DSM.city/CouncilMeetings
A
C
D
E
Morning,
mayor
morning,
Council
morning,
city
manager,
morning,
City
staff,
referral
of
your
moment
here
today,
actually
we're
here
with
some
really
good
news.
Today,
I,
you
know,
we've
been
before
you
the
last
couple
years
down
and
out,
and
things
are
picking
back
up
and
I.
Even
this
morning,
I
had
a
chuckle
driving
in
because
traffic
Tuesday
everybody
must
come
to
work.
You
know
traffic
was
really
really
heavy,
but
it's
all
good
news-
we've
got
even
better
news
to
share
with
you
with
me.
E
Today
is
Trina
Flack,
our
vice
president
of
sales,
Brock
Conrad,
our
vice
president
of
marketing
and
they'll,
be
speaking
to
you
as
well
this
morning,
I
think
you're,
familiar
with
how
most
of
our
funding
comes
through
about
85
percent
of
our
funding
comes
through
hotel,
motel
tax,
how
people
travel
to
the
metro
area
they
spend
dollars
in
shopping.
Restaurants,
attractions,
Cultural,
Arts,
all
those
great
things
they
spend
the
night
in
a
hotel
when
they
check
out
a
hotel.
E
E
Oh
there
we
go
this.
Past
year
we
contracted
with
a
new
research
company
that
does
worldwide
tourism
research
actually
for
a
lot
of
large
cities,
a
lot
of
cbbs
across
the
the
entire
Globe,
it's
called
a
rivalist
and
they
can
track
visitors
that
really
track
where
they're
going
when
they're
in
town,
where
they're
spending
their
dollars
all
kinds
of
great
data.
So
we've
been
utilizing
that,
and
last
year
they
projected
we
hosted
over
5.8
million
visitors
to
the
metro
area
average
like
the
stay
in
a
hotel,
was
2.89.
E
They
also
can
give
us
the
top
10
or
actually,
the
top
states
of
origin
that
visit
Des
Moines.
Obviously
number
one
are
the
folks
from
Iowa,
followed
by
Minnesota,
Illinois,
Nebraska,
Missouri,
Wisconsin
and
then
surprising
to
us.
We
have
Texas
California,
Kansas
and
Colorado
in
that
top
ten,
so
really
starting
to
reach
out
Beyond.
Just
our
borders.
F
Go
ahead,
do
you
have
numbers
associated
with
in
terms
of
I
mean
the
number
of
trips
on
that
top
ten
I
mean
just
out
of
curiosity
because
and
then
be
interested
in
the
data
point
make
sure
how
close
is
Texas
to
the
others.
Sure
how
much
more
are
those
trips
from
Iowa
compared
to
some
of
those
out
of
state.
E
We
also
have
top
points
of
interest
which
the
Des
Moines
International
Airport
is
number
one
Jordan
Creek
Town
Center
the
Iowa
Events
Center
Court
Avenue
Mid-American
Energy
RecPlex
out
in
West
Des
Moines,
the
Iowa
State
Fairgrounds,
East,
Village,
Prairie,
Meadows
and
Adventureland
round
up
those
top
tens
attractions
Hotel
occupancy
getting
nearly
back
to
normal.
If
normal
was
back
in
2019
or
Metro
occupancy
last
year
was
at
55.3
Des
Moines
was
52.3.
E
G
Arrivalist,
first,
for
that
data
is
great
data
and
something
that
we're
putting
a
lot
of
stock
in,
but
we've
still
got
some
bugs
to
work
out.
Jen
and
I
have
had
a
couple
calls
on
how
we
can
really
dial
that
into
event.
So
right
now,
we've
got
a
good,
broad
look
of
monthly
and
annual
visitors
and
that
overall,
but
but
our
hope
is
to
be
able
to
really
dive
in
to
say
on
a
weekend.
G
G
Definites
are
things
that
we
had
a
hand
in
securing
for
the
community
and
assists
or
stuff
that
come
here,
regardless
of
our
involvement
that
we
provide
services
to
them,
but
we
didn't
book
them
so
like
the
Iowa
State
Fair
would
go
in
under
an
assist
for
that.
176
of
those
events
did
happen
because
of
our
sales
efforts,
I
mean
we
booked
209
events.
G
250
leads
were
sent
to
Des
Moines
property
so
that
hotels
and
meeting
facilities
and
260
events,
really
out
of
that
332,
were
hosted
or
impacted
somewhere
in
Des
Moines.
So,
even
if
it
was
like
an
event
that
was
hosted
at
the
reflex,
but
they
booked
rooms
in
Des
Moines
that
that
would
consist
of
that
260
number
and
then
171
of
those
for
the
future.
I
feel
like
these
numbers,
all
kind
of
run
together.
So
so.
H
G
Of
them
yeah,
we
we
do
not
track
every
single
tournament.
That
happens.
We
don't
track
every
single
small
meeting
that
happens
at
a
hotel.
We
kind
of
think
if
that
stuff
can
happen
organically
in
the
community.
Without
us.
That's
that's
amazing
and
we'll
put
our
efforts
where
they're
needed,
but
yeah.
So
we
support
a
lot
of
the
U
S
A
and
the
USA
softball
and
the
Iowa
Soccer
Association
and
all
of
those
so
yeah.
There
are
a
portion
of
those
that
go
into
that.
I
G
There's
it's
big
for
sure
it
matters,
as
Greg
mentioned.
2023
is
strong.
We
have
a
really
really
solid
list
of
events.
I
will
say
that
a
huge
number
of
these
don't
happen
without
your
support
and
without
the
city
of
Des
Moines
team.
The
the
staff
and
the
team
that
you
guys
have
here
makes
all
the
difference
in
the
world,
and
we
hear
it
all
the
time
from
planners
when
they
come
in
to
see
the
city
when
they're
actually
hosting
an
event
in
our
city.
G
The
way
that
this
community
works
together
is
maybe
something
I
take
for
granted
a
little
bit.
I,
don't
know
any
different,
but
it's
Unique
to
our
community
and
they
don't
often
see
you
know
people
willing
to
sit
around
the
table
together
at
the
city
level
at
the
county
level,
just
at
the
staff
level.
So
I
just
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
City
staff
because
I
it
really
does
matter
and
we
don't
secure
or
host
these
events
without
the
inner
workings.
Just
to
highlight
a
few.
G
G
That
was
here
so
that
that
really
is
an
event
that
puts
us
on
the
national
map
and
it
allows
us
to
secure
other
events,
because
they
they
hear
that
Des
Moines
name
over
and
over
and
over
again
I'll
call
out
a
few
others.
A
national
veterans,
Golden
Age
games
is
an
event
that
will
be
here
next
month.
G
In
may
already,
it
will
use
Drake
University,
the
Iowa
Events
Center,
the
Wellmark
YMCA,
it's
veterans
over
50
that
participate
across
varying
Sports
and
varying
abilities,
so
we'll
bring
about
a
thousand
athletes
as
part
of
that
for
a
week,
we'll
host
Ironman
70.3
again,
that's
another
event
that
doesn't
happen.
You
know
without
really
dedicated
support
from
from
the
city
team
and
makes
a
huge
impact
here.
Archery
national
championships,
those
are
Juniors
800
athletes
that
event
actually
takes
place
at
County,
Park,
so
they'll
be
here
for
an
entire
week.
G
Archery
kids
and
their
families
All
Iowa,
Attack
basketball
is
three
weekends
of
basketball.
That
is
a
real
coveted
success
story
and
the
Jensen
family
out
of
Ames
AAU
Junior
Olympics,
is,
is
really
our
big
one
of
the
year.
That's
14
000
athletes
that
will
be
here
over
a
10-day
span.
They
use
Drake
University,
the
Wellmark
YMCA
and
then
Mid-American
Energy
reflex
or
their
their
big
facilities.
The
first
day
of
Junior
Olympic
Games,
is
also
the
overnight
stop
of
Ragbrai.
G
G
American
cheese
is
a
Convention
of
all
cheese
producers,
sellers
like
I'm,
going
to
meet
together.
We
hosted
them
in
2015,
but
they'll
spend
a
week
here.
They'll
visit
our
restaurants,
they'll
do
some
tours
of
Maytag
and
other
facilities
throughout
the
state,
and
it's
a
professional
development
conference.
Quad
ball
is
majorly
quidditch.
Actually,
so
it
has
changed
names
from
footage.
Podball
Laura
Joss
on
our
sports
team,
loves
all
these
crazy,
odd,
Sports
and
they'll,
be
here
in
August.
They
actually
will
use
the
fields
of
The
Reflex.
G
J
B
I
G
G
J
L
L
You
can
kind
of
see
some
of
the
media
and
PR
Impressions
that
we
go
after
so
that's
earned
media
that
we're
going
after.
So
not
only
do
we
do
a
lot
of
advertising
a
lot
of
content
creation,
but
media
and
PR
side
of
things
too.
We
have
a
good
team
that
is
constantly
looking
to
tell
the
story
of
Greater
Des,
Moines
and
Des
Moines
and
our
venues
and
all
the
events
that
we're
hosting
so
that
top
left
one
there
through
those
efforts
we
gathered
almost
or
actually
over
2.1
million
advertising
value
equivalency.
L
We're
really
proud
of
that
one
prsa,
which
is
public
relations
Society
of
America.
We
won
a
merit
award
for
that
for
a
hype,
video
that,
where
we
featured
the
Isis
arrests
actually
were
in
that
video
that
we
did
I
think
you
guys
maybe
have
seen
that.
But
it's
a
really
great
video
and
we
won
that
last
September,
we
won
three
Addy
Awards
here
in
the
Des
Moines
chapter
of
the
American
advertising
Foundation
and
then
a
couple
weeks
ago,
Iowa
tourism
awards.
L
We
won
two
different
Awards
there,
one
for
outstanding
promotional
material
for
the
catch
annoying
visitors
guide,
which
we've
actually
brought
entirely
in-house
and
our
team's
producing
everything
from
that
from
the
beginning
to
the
end
and
then
outstanding
niche
market
for
the
believe.
The
hype
Sports
video,
which
we
have
just
recently
launched
and
I'm
sure
you
guys
have
maybe
seen
that
video.
We
actually
launched
that
commercial
during
the
Super
Bowl.
It
was
shown
here
locally
and
then
also
during
the
NCAA
tournament.
We
ran
that
a
few
times
too.
L
This
is
the
visitors
guide
that
we
did
like
I
mentioned
is
the
first
time
that
our
team
has
completely
done
that
in-house.
So
that's
from
selling
the
ad
space
to
the
design
writing
photography,
distribution,
finding
the
printers
we'd
use
a
local
printer,
all
that
we've
done
this
year
in-house
and
it's
been
a
little
bit
of
a
source
of
income
for
us,
whereas
last
previously
the
last
few,
you
know
20
30
years,
we've
done
that
as
a
partnership,
and
we
think
that
we're
gonna
be
able
to
grow
that
too.
Moving
forward.
L
This
is
our
the
best
program
so
to
continue
on
with
the
s's
or
silent
campaign
that
we've
launched
a
few
years
ago
during
covert.
This
was
kind
of
an
idea
that
we
had.
We
launched
the
the
best
program
and
it
was
bringing
in
locals
to
kind
of
tell
the
story.
That
was
one
thing
that
we
always
heard
from
visitors
when
they
travel
here.
L
They
want
to
know
what
the
locals
love
right,
how
to
live
like
a
local,
so
we
got
locals
that
tell
us
what
their
favorite
things
are,
whether
that's
the
best
pizza,
tenderloins,
etc,
etc.
We
name
it
we're
kind
of
writing
about
it,
and
so
we
launched
that
program
a
couple
years
ago.
It
really
took
off
big
for
us
and
then
here
in
the
last
couple
of
months,
we
actually
launched
a
program
where
we're
sending
out
these
window
clings
to
kind
of.
L
L
And
then,
here,
just
specifically
for
city
of
Des
Moines,
we
have
417
Des,
Moines
business
partners
here
in
Des
Moines,
that
partner
with
us
at
catch
Des
Moines.
We
created
two
TV
broadcast
commercials,
20
different
videos
created
for
social
media
and
pre-roll
advertising
over
32
million
social
media
Impressions
through
those
efforts
and
then
32
blogs,
and
then
we've
created
20
visitor
itineraries,
where
we
Market
those
specifically
whether
that's
family
friendly
things
to
do
girls.
We
can
get
away
Etc
we're
creating
those
and
specifically
targeting
our
Market
audience
with
those.
L
Quickly
with
this,
we
did
have
over
a
1.1
million
dollar
total
advertising
spent
last
year
and
through
all
that,
content
that
we're
creating.
This
is
some
of
the
mediums
that
we
use
so
broadcast
TV
connected
TV,
so
getting
those
cord
cutting
consumers
paid
social
media
marketing,
organic
marketing,
social
media
marketing
I'll
go
through
all
those,
but
that's
the
whole
gamut
of
what
we're
doing
and
we've
really
been
able
to
dial
that
in
we
started
working
with
Flynn
Wright
just
down
the
street.
L
M
M
E
B
E
J
E
H
H
E
E
C
C
E
C
E
Yeah
I
mean
even
Savannah.
Bananas
is
a
good
example
of
that
because
they
reached
out
and
I
mean
originally
last
year.
They
played
all
major
cities
and
Des
Moines
was
obviously
on
their
radar
and
now
they're
gonna
play
two
games
here,
and
so
that's
going
to
be
quite
the
spectacle
as
well.
Thank
you
all.
We
appreciate
the
partnership.
Thank
you.
C
So
I
believe
we'll
go
ahead
and
bring
Chris
and
Angie
up
I.
Think
Chris
is
maybe
going
to
start
us
out.
This
is
a
presentation
from
Homeward
that
was
given
to
their
board
and
other
interested
parties
and
stakeholders
a
month
or
two
ago,
and
got
well
received
and
thought
it
might
make
sense
to
bring
that
to
the
full
Council.
So
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Chris.
O
Yep,
just
real
quick
to
introduce
Angie
I
did
want
to
first
the
city's
homeless
policy
administrator.
We
hired
Amber
Lewis
she'll
be
starting
next
Monday,
so
one
of
the
first
things
we're
going
to
ever
do
obviously
she's
going
to
meet
with
a
lot
of
our
Community
Partners.
But
I
am
going
to
have
her
schedule.
Individual
meetings
with
all
the
council
members
I'll
sit
in
on
those
meetings
as
well
kind
of
what
we
did
with
Heather
Tammy
gun
when
she
first
started
so
kind
of
similar
process
for
that.
P
Morning,
everyone
nice
to
see
you
all
right.
Well,
it's
a
definitely
a
different
tone
than
the
last
presentation
of
the
world.
Transition
to
that
I
also
do
want
to
share
that
I've
worked
with
Amber
Lewis
over
the
last
five
years
and
so
I
think
it'll.
She
will
be
a
great
addition
to
City
staff
and
I
look
forward
to
collaborating
with
her
in
her
new
role,
so
I'm
excited
about
that
opportunity.
Today.
P
Well,
it
is
talking
quite
a
bit
about
shelters.
That's
not
the
only
thing
that's
also
being
addressed
within
that
work.
So
it's
important
that
as
well,
that
we
look
at
and
get
understanding
and
input
from
people
that
are
living
unsheltered
and
what
their
perceptions
and
experiences
have
been.
So
again,
this
work
came
out
of
the
extreme
weather
work
Group,
which
was
also
facilitated
through
a
request
from
this
group.
P
Get
a
little
bit
more
of
the
study
Basics
and
background,
so
there's
152
surveys
that
were
conducted
with
people
living
unsheltered,
37
of
of
that
there's
a
sample
of
37
individuals
that
also
had
in-depth
interviews
ranging
from
45
minutes
to
two
hours
depending
upon
what
that
individual
is
willing
to
share
and,
as
you
think
about
it,
with
the
unsheltered
count
that
we
had
last
summer
I
believe
was
184
individuals.
That's
a
really
good
sampling,
a
very
good
sampling
of
the
individuals
experiencing
homelessness
during
that
time
frame.
P
One
of
the
things
that
was
done
in
addition
to
the
interview
and
surveys
was
the
study
team
also
conducted
background
research
through
literature
study
so
as
other
unsheltered
homelessness
studies
that
had
taken
place
as
well
as
looking
at
evidence-based
practices.
So
when
we
talk
about
the
background
literature
here,
it
highlights
some
core
points
and
really
also.
P
But
it
highlights
the
fact
that
Health
outcomes
and
are
much
more
materially
worse
for
people
who
aren't
housed
that
there
are
ordinances
that
are
common
throughout
the
nation
for
not
in
my
backyard
type
of
stuff
that
further
marginalizes
individuals,
people
that
are
in
sheltered,
also
have
higher
risk
of
being
physically
and
emotionally
victimized
within
just
being
out
and
exposed
from
that
perspective.
And
then
you
know
there's
that
desire
for
individuals
who
are
unsheltered
to
maintain
basic
autonomy
when
they're
entering
shelter
and
and
receiving
those
services.
P
P
One
of
those
is
that
question
of
what
would
you
want
for
a
home,
what
what
is
important
to
you?
Basically,
anything
that
was
safe,
affordable
and
where
they
could
spend
time
with
family
members.
Friends,
pets
have
a
safe
place
to
have
property
things
along
that
line.
The
important
thing
to
note
is
out
of
143
people
that
were
that
responded
out
of
question.
141
said
that's
what
they
wanted.
Only
two
individuals
said
they
wanted
to
stay
outside.
P
I
think
sometimes
there's
that
perception
that
people
prefer
to
live
outside,
and
this
is
the
answer
to
that
that
no
that's
not
their
preference,
for
various
reasons
that
it
happens,
but
folks,
if
they
could
have
that
choice,
would
rather
live
in
a
secure
place.
That's
safe
for
them
to
have,
as
their
home
24
said,
they
didn't
care
about,
like
anything
about
living
outside,
57
have
been
consistently
77
have
been
consistently
living
outside
and
then
on
the
side
there.
P
Some
additional
question
that
we
asked
the
last
question
of
the
survey
that
was
asked
is:
what
would
you
tell
someone
in
charge?
Left
it
very
wide
open
and
said
what
would
that
piece
of
information
be
and
I
think
it's
very
interesting
that
they
High
Heist
answer
is
compassion,
be
more
compassionate?
If
you
look
at
the
top
four,
it's
be
more
compassionate
help
us
and
talk
to
us
and
gather
our
expertise
and
not
saying
that
more
resources
generally
isn't
important,
but
of
the
top
four.
P
From
a
respondent,
categorization
or
demographics,
you'll
see
that
we
have
a
large
majority.
66
percent
of
those
respondents
identify
as
male,
which
is
I,
think
more
reflective
of
our
unsheltered
population.
We
see
a
larger
percentage.
For
that
perspective.
We
do
see
individuals
that
identify
as
transgender
and
non-binary.
P
This
is
the
HUD
category
they're,
making
some
changes
moving
forward,
so
we'll
have
a
better
idea,
but
nine
percent
of
the
population
is
over
the
age
of
63,
and
our
perception
is
that
our
unsheltered
homeless
population
is
Aging
in
our
community.
We're
going
to
have
more
data
at
this
point
next
point
in
time
that
will
be
shared
coming
up
this
month.
That
will
give
us
maybe
a
little
bit
more
detail
moving
forward,
but
that's
our
anecdotal
information,
but
we
think
now
we
will
have
data
moving
forward
to
be
able
to
verify
that.
P
Well,
I
would
say
you
know
you're
going
to
have
to
look
at
what
resources
you
have
I
mean.
That
will
also
mean.
Are
they
aging
in
place?
Are
there
other
resources?
Do
we
need
to
look
at
nursing
homes?
From
that
perspective,
there's
limited
folks
that
will
accept
those
individuals
who
are
unsheltered.
Possibly
I
mean
what
are
those
resources
that
we
need?
Is
there
more
medical
respite
resources
that
will
be
needed?
I
think
it.
P
P
One
thing
I
wanted
to
share
too
was
this
quote,
and
it's
it's
from
the
study
and
it's
exactly
as
a
person
shared
it,
and
it
says
everybody
thinks
we're
homeless
because
we
chose
that.
Sometimes
that's
not
not
the
issue.
It
just
so
happened
that
our
money
just
wasn't
there,
because
our
job
being
so
stupid
and
now
we're
back
on
the
streets.
That's
we
didn't
choose
that
we
don't
choose
to
have
two
jobs
and
still
have
no
money.
So
again,
I
think
that
shows
you
the
large
scope
of
individuals
that
are
affected.
P
P
So,
throughout
the
survey
and
the
in-depth
interviews,
the
study
participants,
detailed
their
living
experiences
living
outside
and
their
decision-making
processes
about
seeking
emergency
shelter
and
the
research
always
identified
some
common
themes
about
why
folks
might
not
choose
to
be
in
an
emergency
shelter
situation
and
some
of
the
barriers
that
they
have.
So
the
information
again
does
not
refer
to
specific
providers.
It
is
about
the
entire
response
system
and
as
a
whole,
Polk
County,
and
how
we
can
work
together
to
better
improve.
P
So
they
were
broken
down,
as
I
said
in
some
different
areas.
Here,
sorry
I
forgot
to
actually
give
them
to
you.
I
was
focusing
on
my
comments
there,
so
part
of
it
is
physical
conditions
at
the
shelter,
and
there
was
concern
about
crowding
large
number
of
bunks
in
one
room
and
sanitation
concerns
I
think,
particularly
with
covid.
P
That's
our
higher
concerns
after
that
specific
time
frame,
and
then,
when
you
look
at
it
too,
sometimes
these
are
perceptions
like
there
was
one
gentleman
that
had
a
perception
that
about
the
cleanliness
of
shelters,
but
he
hadn't
been
there
for
seven
years.
Seven
years
ago
there
was
a
little
bit
of
an
issue
right,
but
that's
the
perception
that
he
has
and
that's
you
know
sometimes
when
things
are
shared
or
there
was
also
perceptions
with
folks
or
concerns
about
bed
bugs
none
of
them
have
experienced
it,
but
that
was
still
a
concern.
P
So
part
of
that,
too
is
communication.
How
are
we
communicating
what's
happening
within
our
systems
and
services
and
doing
Street
Outreach
and
things
along
that
line,
rules,
routines
and
Norms
of
shelters?
Now
we're
not
saying
that
there
shouldn't
be
rules
and
guidelines,
because
we
need
those
from
safety
perspective.
But
what
are
some
of
those
rules?
There
was
one
rule
in
a
facility
that
talked
about
limiting
access
to
personal
devices
such
as
phones
is
that
is
there
a
reason
for
that.
Is
there
a
specific
reason
for
that?
P
That's
effective,
like
thinking
about
those
things
from
that
perspective,
sometimes
there's
confusion
about
it
right,
and
so
how
do
we
better
communicate
what
those
expectations
are
within
the
systems?
What
makes
sense
for
the
overall
things
concerns
about
timing
out.
You
know
like
just
what
are
those
things
that
we
have
within
our
system?
Sometimes
perception
of
shelter
staff.
Many
clients
talked
about
very
positive
experience
that
they
had,
but
not
all
some
expressed.
They
perceived,
maybe
still
just
that
weren't
caring
or
were
inconsistent
in
enforcement
of
rules.
P
So
again
just
thinking
about
how
we're
doing
things
in
general
challenges
with
other
clients.
Respondents
were
very
open
and
honest
about
their
challenges,
with
mental
health
and
other
health
issues
that
they
might
have
and
oftentimes
their
own
mental
health
issues
made
it
difficult
for
them
to
be
around
large
groups,
anxiety
with
crowds
whatever
that
might
be.
So
that
was
a
challenge,
or
maybe
it
was
a
challenge
of
being
near
someone
else
that
also
had
a
mental
health
issue.
P
So
again,
what
are
we
thinking
about
from
that
non
from
that
congregate,
large
setting
challenges
with
lack
of
privacy
and
things
along
that
way?
When
you
have
a
large
group
of
folks
that
have
trauma
and
experiencing
that
in
their
in
larger
rooms
together,
that
could
be
a
challenge
for
some
individuals.
P
There
are
also
some
gender
specific
experiences
and
barriers.
We
have
binary
gender
division
within
our
shelters,
and
so
sometimes
that
can
be
proving
difficult
for
individuals
that
are
trans
and
or
if
you
have
a
partner,
that's
of
the
opposite,
gender
and
you'd
like
to
stay
together.
That's
not
an
availability
at
this
time
within
our
community,
sometimes
unwanted
attention
or
just
fears.
P
If
you
will
see
a
lot
of
the,
the
women
coming
into
the
system
have
experienced
trauma
prior
to
coming,
becoming
homelessness,
and
so
there's
that
concern
about
their
safety
so
from
women
and
trans
individuals
perspective.
Then
that
comment
about
apathy
and
previous
balance
of
daily
survival.
Individuals
talked
a
lot
about
the
fact
that
past
and
current
trauma
contributed
to
their
experience
of
depression.
Sometimes
that
makes
it
very
hard
for
them
to
move
forward.
Additionally,
is
if
you're
focusing
on
where
your
next
meal
is.
P
How
are
you
going
to
get
water
where
you're
going
to
go
to
the
bathroom?
It's
very
very
hard
for
you
to
focus
on,
let's
think
about
planning
for
getting
a
job
moving
on
to
a
permanent
Supportive
Housing.
So
it's
hard
to
think
about
things
and
plan
things
long
term
if
you're
focused
on
that
survival,
and
we
have
a
prioritization
system
right
now
for
services,
because
we
do
not
have
enough
services
to
serve
everybody
within
our
community.
P
So
we
have
to
prioritize
the
most
vulnerable
individuals
to
receive
those
resources,
so
that
can
be
frustrating
from
from
a
perspective
of
an
individual.
If
there's
not
enough
available
resources
for
them
to
exit
homelessness
or
they've
been
on
a
waitlist
for
a
long
time,
it
feels
like
why
should
I
come
in
there's
nothing
for
me
available
to
you
know
we
try
to
expand
and
work
on
additional
resources
within
our
community,
but
as
a
fact
of
life.
Unfortunately,
for
us
at
this.
C
P
I
think
it's
it's
having
available
housing,
it's
having
Support
Services
I!
Think
there
is
some
possibilities
we
can
have.
We're
can
have
conversations
with
our
Medicaid
service
providers
about
that
they
do
have
some
funding
for
homelessness
services
and
within
that,
like
they
participate
in
some
of
our
committees
that
we
do,
but
there's
also
some
structural
changes
from
that
perspective.
That
likely
would
have
to
happen
within
maybe
legislature
or
how
I
O
Medicaid
does
some
things.
So
that
would
be
that
perspective.
P
The
funding
that
comes
to
us
from
the
Continuum
of
Care
and
emergency
Solutions
grants.
Those
are
two
fundings
that
we
work
with
regularly
are
very
much
prescribed,
there's
Federal
legislation
about
what
is
eligible
categories
for
those,
so,
for
example,
Emergency
Shelters,
not
an
eligible
category
and
Continuum
of
Care,
but
it
is
for
emergency
Solutions,
Grant,
right
homelessness.
Prevention
is
eligible
in
ESG
dollars,
but
it's
not
in
Continuum
of
Care
dollars.
P
So
there's
like
different
guidelines
and
prescriptions
that
come
from
to
us
from
a
federal
perspective,
I
think
that's
for
us
to
have
conversations
on
the
state
level.
The
state,
through
one
of
their
funds,
administers
1.8
million
dollars
to
the
homeless
system
throughout
the
whole
state,
and
that's
all
so.
We
need
to
have
conversations
on
that
state
level
to
talk
about.
P
N
Keep
moving
on
going
back
to
the
state
because
a
lot
of
the
people
coming
into
the
Des
Moines
Area
becoming
because
we
have
Services
I
think
at
one
point
almost
46
percent
were
from
out
of
the
Des
Moines
last
known
address.
So
to
your
point
of
what
is
the
state
doing
from
a
Statewide,
so
people
could
stay
in
their
communities
right,
I,.
P
Think
that's
why
I
would
think
I
think.
Yes,
it
is
important
and
I
think
that
that
number
was
probably
specific
to
some
certain
providers.
We
find
overall
within
the
information
that
we
have
and
collect,
because
we
do
ask
that,
particularly
with
a
point
in
time
about
where
is
your
last
location
permanent
address?
We
see
our
numbers
overall,
more
system-wise,
as
about
80,
four
percent
come
from
the
state
of
Iowa,
with
about
86
percent
of
those
folks
being
specific.
P
That
I
said
we
see
about
and
I
can
get
you
the
exact
numbers
but
and
we'll
probably
have
new
exact
numbers
with
the
point
in
time
release.
But
when
we
see
the
folks
that
we
serve
about
I
might
have
said
this
backwards.
84
come
from
the
who
we
serve
in
Polk
County
are
from
the
state
and
of
that
86
percent
of
the
individuals
are
from
Polk
County.
N
P
P
P
So
there's
that,
because
sometimes
you're
going
to
need
some
folks
can't
go
directly
into
full
employment
right
right,
you're
going
to
need
that
transition
to
maybe
a
little
bit
more
flexible
employer
that'll,
give
you
the
second
or
third
or
fourth
chances
on
you
know
getting
that
stability
going
there.
So
I
think
there's
that
we
also
have
partnership.
We
just
had
a
training
with
Iowa
Workforce
Development
Across,
the
state,
our
local.
P
Our
continuance
of
care
across
the
state
are
partnering
to
do
Statewide
training
because
we
want
training
to
be
consistent
for
all
the
service
providers,
and
so
we've
been
partnering
to
do
that
on
a
regular
basis,
and
last
month
was
Iowa
Workforce
Development.
We
also
have
Partnerships
like
locally
with
children's
and
family
of
Iowa
they're,
the
workforce,
Innovation
and
Opportunity
Act
imp
provider,
and
they
also
have
a
connect
careers
programs
specifically
for
Youth
and
Young
adults,
and
so
there's
that
partnership
and
interaction
with
individuals
from
that
area.
P
So
looking
at
the
policy
implications,
they
looked
at
the
specific
barriers
and
looked
at
the
interviews,
information
that
the
the
the
evidence-based
practices-
and
you
know
what
are
things
that
we
can
do-
there's
some
longer
term
structural
changes
as
well
as
just
understanding.
This
is
a
jumping
off
point.
These
recommendations
are
jumping
off
point
for
us
to
have
conversation
with
providers.
Communities
to
have
this
be
a
collaborative
effort
to
come
together
to
talk
about
what
do
we
need
next?
What
can
we
do?
I
would
love
to
do
all
of
these.
P
We
don't
have
money
right.
So
what
are
our
prioritization
of
things
that
we
can
do
what's
most
important
for
us
communities?
What
do
we
need
to
do
to
have
conversations
with
funders
within
our
communities
as
well
as
looking
at
those
other
resources?
Is
there
a
foundation
that
would
be
beneficial
to
reach
out
to
and
have
some
conversations?
What
are
some
of
those
other
partners
that
we
maybe
haven't
thought
about?
So
we
again,
this
is
a
jumping
off
point
they're
in
to
three
areas,
short,
medium
and
long
term.
P
The
first
recommendation,
because
it
was
coming
out
during
the
winter
time,
were
things
that
could
be
done
immediately.
So
organizations
can
look
at
their
comfort,
accessibility
issues.
What
are
those
practices
and
policies
that
influence
people,
their
ability
desire
to
enter
shelter?
Are
there
some
low-cost
low
barrier
changes?
You
know
you're
not
going
to
be
able
to
change
your
whole
structure
physically
within
that,
but
are
there
some
rooms
that
you
can
adjust
a
little
bit?
What
does
that
look
like?
P
Can
you
turn
on
the
morning
lights
a
little
later
as
opposed
to
5
a.m
or
whatever
it
might
be,
so
those
are
just
some
things
there.
The
other
was
Survival
action
plans
and
follow
up
with
people
living
outside.
We
have
for
organizations
that
have
Pace
Management
on
their
street
Outreach
teams.
We
have
a
monthly
meeting,
they
communicate,
often
more
often
than
that
but
monthly.
We
come
together
with
their
list
of
individuals
who
are
unsheltered
and
that
they
consider
highly
vulnerable.
P
So,
for
example,
before
their
first
extreme
cold
weather,
they
identify
five
individuals
that
they
thought
would
perish
if
they
stayed
outside
and
worked
together
from
the
organizations
to
get
them
moved
into
safety
and
we're
able
to
address
that.
So
there
are
folks
working
day-to-day
with
Street
Outreach
trying
to
be
able
to
help
folks
get
that
security
that
they
need.
P
Outreach
meeting
okay
and
for
folks
that
do
that
case
management,
it
is
the
VA
attends
Iowa,
homeless,
Youth,
Center,
Primary,
Health,
Care,
Hope,
Ministries
and
Central
Iowa,
shelter,
Services.
Those
are
the
the
main
and
Main
organizations
that
have
that
case
management
that
are
able
to
have
professionals
doing
that
work
and
reaching
out.
Additionally,
they
also
participate
in
the
homeless
management
information
system,
because
you're,
sharing
personal
information
regarding
that
and
there's
a
release
of
information
between
those
organizations
that
allows
you
to
share
that
information.
P
P
F
You
just
maybe
help
us
understand
when
you
talk
about
case
management
and
what
someone
is
doing
when
they're
a
case
manager
versus
a
volunteer
who
maybe
reaches
out
to
someone
and
gives
them
a
sandwich
even
on
a
regular
basis
like
what
what
is
what's
a
case
manager
doing,
that
is,
that
is
different
and
what?
What
is
the
training
that
is
involved
right
case
management?
There's.
P
Likely
training
about
de-escalation
about
in
motivational
interviewing,
as
well
as
also
guidelines,
safety
guidelines,
things
along
that
line,
setting
boundaries
within
that
relationship
right
and
so
you're
going
to
be
meeting
regularly.
It
may
take
you
years
to
make
develop
a
relationship,
you're
taking
case
notes
and
making
entries
into
the
system
about
when
you
met
with
them.
P
This
is
their
plan
you're
setting
a
plan
for
them
meeting
with
them,
whether
it's
to
help
them
get
their
ID
or
what
that
looks
like
forward
documenting
that
within
the
system,
as
well
as
trying
to
connect
them
to
Housing
Services.
So
those
are
just
very
high
level.
Some
of
those
things
that
happen,
but
it
is,
you
know,
there's
special
training
that
is
required
from
that
there's,
usually
an
educational
background
background.
F
Is
and
sorry
and
taking
notes,
for
example,
I
mean
essentially
if
someone
is
trained
and
is
working
within
the
system,
you're
building
things
up
for
everyone
that
follows
after
right.
Right
because
you're
identifying
I
mean
sometimes
it
can
be
a
Simple
Thing,
as
someone
doesn't
have
an
ID,
that's
a
barrier
to
getting
right
other
services
and
knowing
that
I
mean
that
might
be
a
first
step
that
you
have
to
do
to
work
with
someone.
The.
J
F
N
So
if,
like
one
individual
is
identified
in
the
system,
they
could
have
a
different
case
manager,
maybe
come
upon
that
individual
or
they
just
stick
with
her
so
I'm
just
saying
you
would
be
able
to
share
that
information
right
if
you're
in
the
system.
So
if
two
case
managers
one's
gone,
somebody
else
runs
it
comes
into.
They
have
a
better
coordinated
effort
exactly
and.
P
It's
highly
likely
that
they're
going
to
be
served
by
more
than
one
service
provider,
but
within
the
system.
Even
it's
a
referral
for
Housing
Services
or
when
they
come
in
to
do
a
centralized
intake,
there'll
be
information
about
them
within
that
system
and
I'm.
Sorry,
I
keep
using
hmis
it's
homeless
management
information
system
just
to
remind
folks
what
that
is,
and
you
sign
a
an
agreement
with
Institute
for
Community
alliances.
There's
data
quality
requirements
as
well
as
definitions
of
what
what
is
counted.
P
P
We
now
have
100
of
our
shelters
participating
again,
so
that
is
an
important
piece
of
information
for
us
to
be
able
to
make
decisions
within
our
community
also
to
look
at
the
resources
that
we're
utilizing
and
to
look
at
things
like
vulnerability
index
scores
and
seeing
that
we're
seeing
more
of
our
community
households
that
are
experiencing
homelessness
score
in
those
higher
need
categories,
we're
up
to
55.
As
of
2022.
H
P
P
K
P
I
can
only
share
that
I've
sent
emails,
inviting
them
and
they've
chosen
not
to
at
this
time.
That's
what
I
can
tell
you
from
that
perspective,
so
you
know
we
are
open
to
have
them
participating.
It
would
be
great
if
they
would
like
to
participate
in
hmis.
It
would
help
us
in
verification
of
homelessness.
As
a
process
you
know,
and
and
following
the
agreements
and
guidelines
and
the
data
quality.
That
would
be
great.
P
All
right
we're
going
to
move
on
to
midterm
policy
recommendations
again.
This
is
going
to
take
some
time
to
put
these
forward
and
move
these
forward.
We're
going
to
begin
transitioning.
The
recommendation
was
transitioning
to
low
barrier
non-congregate
shelter,
creating
the
more
of
those
private
emergency
shelter
settings
could
be
individual
rooms
within
a
larger
space.
It
could
be
a
room
of
four
or
five
people
that
might
not
be
private
but
as
opposed
to
50
you
can
do
it.
P
Some
folks
have
created
a
shelter
in
a
hospital
in
a
hotel
setting
and
have
that
shelter
performed
there.
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
variability
of
what
that
looks
like
this
was
a
recommendation
that
they
had
sheltered
individuals
that
participated
really
wanted
or
individuals
were
unsheltered
really
wanted.
This
is
what
their
greatest
hope,
I
guess
would
say.
It
would
have
that
more
privacy
within
the
system
itself.
F
P
Think
it
depends
on
the
building
you
have
available
right.
So,
for
example,
Seattle
has
a
non-congregate
shelter.
That's
like
130
whoops
right
so
they're
able
to
serve
that
and
there's
you
could
do
30..
You
could
do
you
know
50
and
I
want
to
say
this.
This
is
an
and
situation
right.
We're
gonna
need
all
the
resources
that
we
currently
have
and
then
look
at
that
kind
of
transition
right.
F
So
that
I
mean
that
wasn't
particularly
I
mean
130
would
be
considered
non-fagregate
if
they
have
privacy,
private
rooms
right.
So
that's
what
I'm
trying
to
get
to
what?
What
number
of
people
I
mean?
You
have
to
have
a
completely
private
room
for
it
to
be
non-congregate.
Could
you
have
four
people
like
what
what
are
we
talking
about
and
what
are
the
range
well.
P
H
P
P
K
N
F
And
I
assume,
there's
probably
a
best
practice
Point
like
there's
a
probably
a
best
practice
from
a
staffing
and
a
oh
yeah
practices
and
procedures
that,
if
you're
not
meeting
that
it's
maybe
less
likely
to
Be
an
Effective
solution
right
and
so
understanding.
Because
it's
not
it's
not
just
sending
folks
to
a
hotel
like
there's
an
amount
of
Staffing
and.
P
P
J
I
So
two
questions
Angie,
so
the
the
when
you
say
non-congregate
that
means
like
sleeping
rooms,
but
you
still
have
a
shared
dining
room
right
right,
okay
of
Midwest
cities
and
I,
don't
know
Midway
or
cities
that
have
winter
of
our
size.
Is
there
someone
who
that
you
think
is
doing
a
really
great
job
addressing
a
homeless
needs.
P
I'm
gonna
have
to
come
back
with
you
on
that
one,
because
there's
sure
to
think
about
one,
that's
comparable
to
us
like
Minneapolis,
does
some
really
interesting
and
unique
things,
but
they
have
a
whole
level
of
funding.
That's
very
different
than
ours.
They've
got
a
lot
of
State.
Funding
that
comes
in
they've
got
a
lot
of
different
things
from
that
perspective
and
supports,
but
yeah
no
I
I
need
to
come
back
to
you
on
that
one
and
see.
N
P
P
Very
happy
too,
in
fact
so,
there's
a
little
bit
of
brag,
but
a
little
bit
of
answer
for
that.
Homeward's
been
nominated
by
Drake
for
an
Iowa
Minnesota
campus
compact
award
for
a
presidential
Community
collaborative
award,
and
so
we
have
a
staff
person
going
up
to
Minnesota
to
be
able
to
accept
that
award,
but
he's
also
going
to
stop
at
a
non-congregate
shelter
out
there
to
also
do
a
tour
to
see
what
that
looks
like.
P
So
we
have
done
it
we're
doing
a
little
bit
of
that,
but
we
could
do
a
larger
visit
if
we
wanted
to
so
all
right.
I
know
I'm
kind
of
going
over
my
time,
but
we'll
continue
to
move
forward,
creating
resources
and
spaces
for
to
address
gender
and
family
specific
issues
to
increase
capacity
for
families
in
shelter.
P
And
they
are,
you
know,
building
on
right,
but
even
in
my
conversations
with
the
leadership
there,
they
don't
feel
that
they
are
a
emergency,
shelter.
Okay,
they
don't
have
same
day
entry
into
the
program
and
things
along
that
line,
so
they
would
not
classify
themselves
as
such
or
have
not.
In
the
past.
H
P
H
P
Q
H
H
P
Would
you
know
it'd
be
just
like
any
other
organ
other
the
other
option?
We
look
at
various
funding
sources
right
and
we
know
that
it'll
be
a
long-term
plan
in
situation,
some
of
the
other
things
that
are
mentioned
from
perspective
or
recommendations
of
Ormond
station
as
an
alternate
to
overflow.
Emergency
shelter,
improve
physical
conditions
within
the
shelter
about
that,
mitigating
overcrowding
and
the
shelter
environment.
P
From
that
perspective,
reassess
rules
and
norms
and
from
from
there
routines,
you
know
what
are
those
value,
those
rules
within
the
shelter-
and
you
know
the
art
rules
needed
right
as
we
talked
about
from
a
safety
perspective.
But
how
are
they
administered
and
how
does
it
work
and
what's
communicated
and
over
communication
over
communication
over
communication
right,
disrupt
conflicts
between
clients
and
limit
on-site
drug
use?
We
none
of
the
shelters
that
we
have
allow
drug
use,
but
we
know
that
sometimes
it
happens.
P
So
how
do
we
best
support
the
staff
and
the
organizations
and
specific
areas
for
non-triggering
spaces?
So
again,
you've
got
a
lot
of
folks
with
trauma
happening.
So
what
can
we
do
to
support
them
in
responding
and
then
strengthening
relationships
between
organizations
bring
staff
and
clients?
They,
you
know
ensure
that
consistent
trading
we're
looking
as
a
Continuum.
Is
there
some
additional
training
that
we
can
help
arrange
for
all
the
organizations
within
our
community?
So
we
know
some
folks.
P
Are
they
do
some
great
training
within
that,
but
not
everybody's
the
same
size
of
organization
and
maybe
there's
some
training
we
can
provide
as
a
community
level.
That's
helpful
as
well
and
there's
been
just
a
lot
of
turnover
of
Staff.
This
is
a
number
from
Omaha
I,
don't
know
what
the
number
would
be
here,
but
they
talked
about
85
percent
of
their
shelter
staff
had
turned
over
during
the
pandemic.
So
that's
just
a
lot
of
folks
continue
to
train
on
a
regular
basis.
P
H
P
Do
think
that
you
are
seeing
just
in
general,
in
social
work,
there's
been
a
burnout
and
a
turnover,
and
so
there's
just
constant
hiring.
So
again,
it's
things
that,
like
that,
that
we
need
to
address
I,
agree,
I,
don't
think
it's
85
percent
yeah,
but
you
know
it's
it's
higher
than
it
has
been.
It's
hard
work.
It's
hard
work
on
a
day-to-basis.
It's.
P
And
to
acknowledge
that
too,
is
we
don't
pay
our
staff
and
support
and
resources
enough
right?
That's
a
challenge.
We've
we're
giving
feedback
on
a
federal
level
on
what
that
looks
like
from
a
funding
perspective.
But
again
that
has
to
go
through
legislation,
but
I
think
that's
something
that
we
need
to
talk
about
as
a
community
as
well,
and
host
regular
listening
sessions
for
clients
and
staff
from
a
long-term
perspective
strengthen
the
data
collection
in
practices.
So
we
have
the
homeless
management
information
system,
which
is
really
good.
P
The
street
Outreach
stuff
is
not
as
great,
and
that
comes
from
all
the
software
providers
and
no
one
really
has
a
great
solution.
So
we
we
do
a
lot
of
things
within
the
system,
but
we
also
do
some
things
on
spreadsheets.
That's
not
the
best
option
from
that,
but
we're
looking
at
what
we
can
do.
So
we
can
make
better
decisions
from
a
data
perspective
in
our
street
Outreach
teams
as
well.
P
Investing
in
affordable,
permanent
housing,
as
well
as
more
permanent,
Supportive
Housing
permanent
Supportive
Housing
is
the
most
highest
is
the
highest
level
of
support
that
we
have
within
our
community.
So
folks,
with
multiple
barriers
are
there,
individuals
that
are
in
permanent
Supportive
Housing
have
a
disability
and
typically
are
chronically
homeless.
P
So
those
are
folks
with
high
barriers
and
need
a
lot
of
supports
and
long-term
supports,
and
it
might
be
many
years
of
support.
But
again,
those
are
that's
an
important
resource
for
us
in
our
community
to
have
that
wrapped
with
those
Supportive
Services.
That's
what's
going
to
make
it,
you
know
you
talk
about
housing.
First,
it's
not
just
housing.
It's
housing!
First
and
Supportive,
Services.
P
F
P
Going
to
tell
you
I'm
not
sure
the
exact
the
last
thing
I
knew
that
they
were
waiting
for,
because
you
know
they
they
require
your
funding
stack
to
be
all
released
to
you
all
at
the
same
time,
and
my
understanding
is,
they
were
still
waiting
for
funding
from
the
state
on
a
certain
program
that
they've
really
received,
so
they
could
have
happened
by
now.
I
just
haven't
had
that
update.
H
P
It's
soliciting
feedback
from
unsheltered
individuals
and
Frontline
providers.
I
think
we
did
the
soliciting
feedback
for
this
study
from
unchiltered
individuals
that
are
unsheltered,
and
we
just
need
to
continue
to
incorporate
that
people
with
lived
experience,
regardless
of
what
your
experience
is.
P
So
that
is
that
next
steps,
sorry
I,
should
tell
you.
We
actually
have
a
meeting
this
afternoon,
that's
facilitated
with
our
leaders
of
service
providers,
there's
about
20
folks
that
are
going
to
be
participating
to
talk
about
what
is
do
a
sore
analysis.
You
know.
So
what
are
our?
What
we've
achieved?
What
are
our
aspirations?
What
are
we
going
to
look
like
with
the
recommendations
and
what
are
some
of
the
prioritizations
that
we
want
to
do
we're
going
to
do
a
couple
sessions?
P
There
talked
about
we're
going
to
have
meetings
with
funders
from
that
perspective
and
also
likely
community
members,
so
we're
really
trying
to
make
sure
that
this
isn't
a
study
that
just
happens
and
sits
on
the
Shelf.
But
this
is
a
study
that
we
look
at
and
talk
about
within
our
community.
This
is
good
information
for
us
to
be
able
to
make
decisions
to
be
able
to
move
things
forward,
and
so
we
want
to
have
action
taken
from
this
study
and
it
be
a
community
collaboration.
F
And
I
don't
know
if
you're
comfortable
addressing
this,
but
you
know
one
of
the
things
I
look
when
I
look
through
this
study
there
are.
There
are
some
recommendations
that
it's
just
going
to
be.
You
know
working
through
practices
and
policies,
and
that
should
be
ongoing,
but
there
are
a
handful
of
these
recommendations
that
are
both
capital
and
operationally
expensive
right,
so
things
that
we're
not
going
to
have
the
capacity
to
do
all
of
those
at
once
right
or
even
over
time
and
the
prioritization
there.
F
So
you
know
the
there
are
two
or
three
different
shelter
options:
for
example
the
congregate,
the
non-congregate,
the
women
and
family
shelter
and
then
there's
you
know
the
additional
permanent
Supportive
Housing.
Can
you
give
us
a
sense
in
terms
of
I
mean
they're,
obviously
all
important?
But
if
you
were
to
prioritize
this,
being
you
like
I
mean
in
your
sense
of
what
the
the
experts
would
say.
Okay
fill
this
Gap
first
or
Focus
here.
First.
P
I
can
give
you
my
personal
opinion.
I.
Think
I
can
give
you
a
community
opinion
after
our
meetings
coming
up,
I
think
a
significant
Gap
in
our
community,
that
is
endangering
the
women
in
our
community,
is
not
having
a
women's,
only
shelter,
I.
Think
personally,
I
think
that's
a
significant
Gap
within
our
in
our
resources,
you
know,
and
and
women
camping
are
very
much
in
danger
of
assault
on
a
regular
basis,
and
so
we
just
need
that
additional
resource
within
our
community.
P
J
P
I'm,
not
I,
haven't
seen
anything
specific
to
that
I.
Think
there's
different
funding
sources
like
in
I'm
I'm,
no
enough
to
be
dangerous
about
this,
but
Community
Development
block
grant
dollars
or
it
could
be
some
other,
some
other
different
resources,
but
you
currently
utilize
those
for
other
things
right
now,
so
I
think
there
could
be.
There
are
I
will
say
notice
the
funding
opportunities
coming
out
quite
a
bit
through
the
current
federal
Administration,
and
so
my
understanding
is
there
are
some
things
happening
yet
this
fall.
P
F
I
mean
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you
and
and
Homeward,
and
all
the
providers
and
break
for
for
doing
this
I
mean
I.
Think
this
is
some
really
good.
Information
I
think
it'd
be
great
to
circulate
the
the
full
study
to
the
council
for
for
those
of
us
who,
who
just
want
to
have
that
as
a
background
document,
sure
I
think
this
is
a
good
roadmap
for
our
thinking
on
these
issues.
F
C
So,
with
that
I
thought
it
might
be
helpful
to
understand
what
additional
agreements
still
need
to
come
forward,
what
we're
looking
at
for
a
timeline
and
how
we
can
get
every
other,
every
penny
of
that
out
to
the
organizations
that
duly
needed.
So
with
that
I've
asked
finance
and
the
assistant
city
managers
to
be
available
to
answer
questions.
R
Quickly,
talk
about
the
the
form
that
you
guys
have
in
front
of
you.
What
we
ended
up
doing
with
this
sheet
is
listing
out
all
the
different
projects,
and
then
it
the
project
status.
We've
got
the
yellow,
didn't
show
up
very
well
on
the
Prof,
but
you've
got
two
different
check
marks.
You've
got
yellow
and
green.
The
green
ones
are
the
ones
that
we
have
had
agreements
or
different
items
to
where
we've
already
obligated.
R
So
from
that
standpoint,
that's
where
you're
kind
of
seeing
when
we've
been
doing
those
obligations,
and
then
there
is
the
column
off
to
the
right
that
talks
about
the
total
obligated,
thus
far
as
well
as
how
much
is
remaining
so.
The
colors
of
the
project
status,
the
yellow,
is.
We
are
currently
working
through
some
of
those
agreements
or
have
had
some
agreements
go
through
the
kind
of
the
gray
boxes,
ones,
where
we're
kind
of
needing
to
do
a
lot
more
kind
of
work
on
those
particular
ones.
R
F
R
Yeah
yeah,
so
we
have
some.
We
have
some
items
that
are
going
to
be
coming
on
this
next
Monday's
meeting
for
some
of
the
specific
agreements
for,
like
you
summer,
cleanup
program
and
I
believe
the
East
Euclid
Youth
Center
as
well.
Those
are
coming
in
this
April,
but
we
have
we
have
in
working
with
the
staff
working
on
this,
since
it
hits
multiple
departments
we're
just
keeping
them
on
our
radar
as
we
work
through.
R
R
20,
yes
yep,
but
as
soon
as
as
soon
as
that
obligation
piece
happens
and
let's
say
it
ends
up
not
being
spent
by
the
2020.
Sixth,
you
can't
reallocate
it
after
that
point,
so
we're
we're
being
as
diligent
as
possible,
reviewing
all
of
the
different
categories
to
make
sure
that
we
are
comfortable
with
what's
being
obligated
through
that
2024
time
frame.
F
R
H
N
H
C
I
C
C
H
I
I
C
C
R
C
R
Yeah,
so
you
had
seen
that
on
the
it
was
included
in
the
blue
letter
for
the
set
hearing
on
the
budget
and
then
also
the
blue
letter
that
you'll
see
for
the
actual
hold
hearings
on
next
Monday
that
was
dealing
with
the
Senate
file
181
and
the
operational
loss
that
we
have
in
in
fiscal
year
24..
So
all
that
is
is
we
that's
yellow
because
that
wouldn't
be
officially
committed,
because
we
have
to
reallocate
and
commit
it
at
that
budget
during
the
budget
process
got
it.
H
R
H
H
C
H
R
We
submit
a
report
not
that
this
is
kind
of
a
one
that
we
created
for
for
councils
use
because
we
have
to
also
they
aren't
worried
about
the
allocation
point
where
that
you
guys
have
done.
They
more
are
on
the
worried
about
the
obligation
to
an
expended
side,
so
we
have
to
go
through
it
a
little
bit
differently.
But,
yes,
the
U.S
treasury
has
a
has
a
system
that
we
have
to
go
into
right.
H
R
R
R
H
So
that
one
specifically
Staffing
so
when
that
is
gone,
we're
not
going
to
be
responsible
for
the
additional
Staffing.
Are
they
coming
back
to
us
in
2025?
When
this
is
in
2026
and
say
you
funded
us
through
the
arpa
funds?
We
have
this
program
and
now
we'd
like
for
you
to
this
continue
to
fund
it.
Is
that,
what's
going
to
happen
with.
C
H
H
H
C
F
Able
to
just
a
point
of
clarification,
we're
allocating
that,
but
we
should
because
the
inflation
reduction
Act
passed.
We
now
qualify
for
rebated
tax
credit.
That's
right,
solar
project
too,
so
we
will
be
getting
additional
dollars
back
from
that
investment
right.
That
is
correct.
That's
not
accounted
for
in
that
three
million.
We
will
be
getting
maybe
800
000
or
so
back.
That's.
C
F
Yeah
I
mean
you
know
one
of
the
things
that
would
be
great
about
expanding
the
solar
panels.
I
mean
it's
not
just
consistent
with
our
climate
policy,
but
when
we
do
this
in
our
buildings,
we're
going
to
be
saving
operational
costs
going
forward
as
well,
which
takes
dollars
out
of
the
general
fund
or
saves
dollars
in
the
general
fund
in
the
future,
which
which
adds
additional
value
and
solves
some
of
these
other
other
issues.
Where
we
know
things
are
going
to
be
tight,
so.
R
I
C
Q
H
H
C
H
C
C
C
C
Yeah,
no,
because
what
we
did
is
we
parsed
out
the
work
they
did
some
of
the
work
we've
done
some
of
the
work
and
they
still
have
yet
to
replace
some
of
the
equipment.
That's
monitoring
the
environmentals
right
now,
but
they've
already
taken
care
of
the
buildings
they
needed
to
remove,
and
so
I
would
categorize
it
as
most
of
the
federal
work
has
already
been
completed,
the
exception
being
this
monitoring
equipment
and
they
are
working
on
the
pond
as
well.
B
C
C
S
Assistant
city
manager,
the
buildings
have
been
removed,
the
ones
by
EPA
had
the
chemical
I
can't
remember
what
the
name
of
it
was
that
the
EPA
was
responsible
for
we
had
the
choice
of
whether
we
wanted
to
demo
the
other
two
buildings
we
chose
to
demo
them
because
the
site
I
mean
they
weren't
usable.
So
the
foundations
and
slabs
are
all
left
in
place
because
that's
part
of
the
cap
for
the.
S
J
J
S
H
S
S
Scott
was
describing
is
responsible
for
replacing
the
groundwater
system
and
that's
been
on
hold
until
we
figure
out
how
the
site's
going
to
develop.
So
we
make
sure
that
the
wells
or
anything
that's
being
placed,
doesn't
have
to
be
moved
or
modified
going
forward.
At
some
point,
we
may
get
to
the
point
where
we
want
that
system
placed
now
rather
than
later,
just
because
of
the
condition
of
the
existing
system.
S
S
H
H
I
Thank
you.
So,
when
I
met
with
the
Kraus
team
sometime
before
Christmas
I
think
they
were
waiting
to
get
a
response
from
the
EPA
regarding
a
retention,
Basin
and
I
thought
they
were
going
to
hear
something
in
February.
Do
you
does
anyone
have
the
outcome
of
what
they
were
waiting
to
hear
about,
so
that
removed
that
impacts?
If
they
created
a
retention
Basin?
Could
they
use
that
dirt
Elsewhere
for
their
cap
and.
I
S
S
But
there's
been
a
series
of
questions
and
what
ifs,
and
can
we
do
this
or
that
so
that
there's
been
a
lot
of
back
and
forth,
and
the
EP
has
been
very
patient
and
taken
a
lot
of
time
and
hired
a
consultant
to
help
work
through
the
process.
So
epa's
been
very
Cooperative
on
this
they've
kind
of
gone
more
than
we
ever
expected.
H
C
There,
yes,
so
the
blitz
on
blight.
This
was
intentional
for
commercial,
and
so
we
are
looking
at
and
I'm
going
to
look
out
to
staff
to
make
sure
I
don't
mess.
This
up.
Fort
Des
Moines
I
was
going
to
receive
some
of
those
funds,
and
then
we
had
already
put
500
000
into
the
Sixth
Avenue
NDC
project
at
the
Riverview
I.
C
C
C
That's
a
really
fabulous
idea
to
to
be
able
to
work
with
real
estate
and
having
Perpetual
properties
that
are
available
for
households
of
need
and
lower
income,
and
it's
a
complex
system.
You
may
recall
that
Amos
has
been
helping
us
by
bringing
speakers
in
and
becoming
educated
on
this.
It's
something
that
frankly
across
the
country
that
is
done
quite
a
bit,
but
there's
very
little
of
it
in
Iowa,
and
so
we're
we're
trying
to
understand
it
better
and
seeing
what
what
we
can
do
there.
C
H
R
The
only
other
thing
I
was
going
to
need
to
say
as
well
is
the
total
allocation
that
council
did
was
that
49
860.,
the
amount
of
arpa
that
we
actually
received
is
94
824,
so
we
are
technically
over
allocated.
So
what
we're
doing
is
we're
watching
those
amounts
to
make
sure
we
don't
go
over.
The
true
dollar
amount
that
we
received,
but
we
wanted
to
for
rounding
basis.
We
we
thought
it
was
best
to
do
what
we
did.
R
So,
instead
of
trying
to
go
exactly
to
the
dollar,
we
allocated
a
little
bit
more,
assuming
that
some
of
them
would
be
a
little
bit
less
as
well.
So
we
only
we
only
over
allocated
by
30
35
000.,
okay,
so
we
can't.
We
can't
fully
spend
all
of
these
or
we
would
have
to
come
up
with
some
additional
funding
of
35
000.
Okay
cover
all
right.
C
No
I,
we
wanted
to
have
a
scorecard
if
you
will
a
status
of
of
these
reports
so
that
we
can
update
this
quarterly
I
would
strongly
encourage
you
to
bring
it
up
with
your
assistant
city
manager.
Conversations
as
well
if
you've
got
questions
and
I
just
want
to
reiterate.
It
is
a
much
appreciated
opportunity
right
for
our
community
to
have
these
funds
available
and
thank
again
the
feds
for
understanding
this
importance.
C
D
That's
not
the
right
morning,
mayor
members
of
council,
Jonathan,
Gano,
Public
Works
director
before
I
begin
on
the
the
regularly
scheduled
show
here.
I
just
wanted
to
catch
you
up
with
some
real
quick
info
on
your
arpa
and
trees,
questions
that
we'll
deliver
about
just
north
of
six
thousand
trees.
It
is
over
a
three-year
performance
period.
They
have
until
the
end
of
2026
to
get
those
in
the
ground,
they're
contractually
obligated
to
500.
You
know
north
of
500
trees
in
a
given
year
under
the
the
pre-existing
contract.
D
So
we
would
supplement
that
with
at
least
2
000
more
and
get
very
close
they've
been
doing
far
more
than
the
500,
but
I.
Imagine
that
the
2000,
with
arpa
funding
will
will
take
quite
a
bit
of
that
kind
of
what
we
consider
the
extra
trees
in
a
year.
The
trees
forever
program
has
been
very
successful
in
fundraising
and
supplementing
the
city's
tree
planting
budget
with
philanthropic
dollars,
which
is
you
know,
the
beneficial
outcome
of
the
the
at
least
one
beneficial
outcome
of
it.
D
D
D
In
this
simple
illustration,
everyone
gets
in
issued
one
box
to
peek
over
the
fence,
whereas
Equity
is
everyone
is
given
what
they
need
to
achieve
the
same
outcome,
and
we
we
do
use
both
kind
of
of
approaches
to
solving
different
problems
in
Service,
delivery,
infrastructure,
development
and
or
service
offerings.
To
our
residents
and
I
want
to
walk
through,
most
of
them
have
an
equity
consideration
and
placed
at
the
front
end,
but
there
are
a
few
that
are
strictly
delivered
on
an
equality
basis
instead
and
I'll
kind
of
walk
through
those
there.
D
D
Sorry
to
see
Manisha
leaving
she's
been
a
valuable
valuable.
You
know
a
valuable
member
of
the
the
and
leader
of
the
service,
Equitable
Services
team
and
great
at
asking
tough
questions
that
get
us
thinking
about
different
things,
and
we
have
even
a
byway
of
example.
Recent
policy
changes
to
city
ordinance
and
I'll
point
out
what
those
are
that
are
that
are
driven
by
Equity
Equity
considerations
that
have
come
up
recently.
D
Well,
not
a
whole
lot
of
what
we
think
about
in
public
works
changes
very
quickly,
but
there's
still
opportunity
to
adjust
our
operations
our
service
offerings
to
to
to
better
serve
our
our
our
public
with
an
equity
lens.
Looking
at
things
so
yeah
so
as
I
said,
we're
we're
looking
at
our
totality
of
service
offerings
and
infrastructure
development
through
those
I
want
to
first
walk
through
those
decisions
that
are
driven
primarily
by
Equity
concerns.
So
we
do
offer
special
collection
services
for
weekly
recycling,
garbage
and
yard
waste
collection
for
the
elderly
and
firm.
D
To
do
that,
so
we
try
to
keep
that
barrier
to
entry
very
low
so
that
everyone
that
needs
it
can
easily
obtain
that,
rather
than
just
throwing
a
form
on
the
website,
because
not
everybody
that
needs
these
Services
is
well
versed
in
in
websites
and
those
kinds
of
things.
So
we
try
to
make
it
as
easy
as
possible
to
to
to
recruit
people
into
the
service
if
they
need
it
and
can
justify.
N
D
D
It's
not
a
secret,
but
we
don't
it's
not
on
billboards,
but
you
don't
mind.
No,
no!
No!
It's
it's!
It's
an
open
door
that
everyone
that
is
qualified
for
it
is
is,
is
eligible
and
we,
as
I
said,
try
to
keep
that
buried
entry.
Pretty
low
yep
then
call
our
customer
service
center.
One
call
initiates
a
visit
from
the
the
the
section
chief
for
that
neighborhood
and
can
hand
deliver
forms.
D
D
Another
one-
and
this
was
one
of
those
recent
changes
that
we
subsidized
the
monthly
service
charge
for
low-income
seniors,
and
this
was
I
want
to
say
about
a
year
ago.
Another
change
to
Iowa
state
code
prompted
me
to
go
reading
through
the
the
what
those
changes
were
and
and
and
then
comparing
that
to
our
city
code.
D
We've
long
had
a
subsidy
for
low-income
seniors
that
are
also
participating
in
the
property
tax
rebates,
but
we
did
not
have
a
a
discount
subsidy
for
renters
who
are
also
participating
in
another
form
of
that
same
property
tax
rebate.
It
takes
different
form
authorized
by
another
another
chapter
or
another
section
in
the
same
chapter
and
we
remedied
that
inequity
that
we
were
subsidizing
for
several
years.
We
were
only
subsidizing
homeowners
and
not
low-income
seniors
that
were
renters,
even
though
they
were
both
accessing
the
same
through
parallel
paths.
They
were
accessing
the
same
thing.
D
Don't
recall
it's
it's
income,
size
of
family
and
income
means
tested
and
I
I
think
the
change
was
it
lowered
the
age
at
which
one
could
qualify.
That
was
the
most
recent
change
to
encourage
retirees
to
remain
in
Iowa
to
rebate
them
back
some
or
you
know
some
healthy
percentage
of
their
property
taxes
and
we'll
reduce
their
in.
D
D
D
Another
Equity
piece
in
our
this
has
been
a
couple
years,
but
we
have
a
multilingual
call
center.
Currently,
two
languages.
We
used
to
have
a
third
on
staff
and
then
every
one
of
the
the
call
center
call
takers
has
a
translation
service
available
the
longest
telephone
call
in
the
translation
services.
Pantheon
was
someone
that
took
22
minutes
in
Japanese
to
sort
out
what
their
issue
was,
but
we
were
able
to
service
a
a
customer
in
the
language
of
their
choice.
D
It
may
not
seem
like
it,
but
a
unitary
charge
for
garbage
and
recycling
lowers
the
barrier
for
all
residents
to
participate
in
recycling.
So
we
don't.
We
don't
have
the
same
model
as
is
common
elsewhere,
where
it's
it's
fee
for
service.
If
you
want
to
recycle
you
subscribe
and
you
pay
an
extra
fee,
we
have
one
charge
to
encourage
as
many
homes
to
recycle
as
possible.
It's
popped
in
so
everyone.
D
Every
new,
every
new
homeowner
is
when
they
sign
up
for
services,
delivered
both
garbage
and
recycling,
and
that
lowers
the
barrier
to
entry
for
it.
We
do
struggle
with
contamination
that
we
work
on
the
back
end
to
correct
through
training
and
education
and
spot
checks,
but
but
from
an
equity
perspective,
we
have
no
barrier
to
entry
for
anybody
to
participate
in
our
recycling
program.
D
D
With
the
planting
program
organized
around
the
the
historically
under
planted
and
disadvantaged
neighborhoods
that
were
the
formerly
redlined
areas
have
less
tree
canopy
in
them,
so
we're
hiring
young
people,
training
them
and
educating
them
in
in
in
green
Futures
green
careers
and
pointing
them
towards
to
towards
those
kinds
of
of
employment
opportunities.
Later
they
get
important
connections
with
the
tree
care
industry,
we've
successfully
graduated
onto
the
forestry
program
at
Iowa
State
as
a
future
and
ongoing
member
of
the
of
the
green
industry.
In
the
meantime,
we're
giving
them
job
skills.
D
Part
of
the
training
program
is
how
to
write
a
resume.
How
to
do
a
job
interview?
How
to
get
a
bank
account
so
they're
teaching
16
year
olds
how
to
go
into
a
bank.
You
know
kind
of
holding
their
hand
through
that
process
and
getting
them
started
with
basic
financial
literacy,
and
you
know
putting
money
into
their
pockets
that
they
can
then
use
as
as
teenagers,
while
also
planting
our
future
tree
canopy
in
places
where
the
collective
we
have
historically
under
resourced.
D
That
kind
of
effort,
payment
management
project
selection
is
an
equity,
focused
kind
of
of
infrastructure
planning
tool,
because
funding
comes
from
the
state
for
Road
use
tax
on
a
per
capita
basis.
So
you
know
Road
wise
everyone
is.
Everyone
is
funded.
The
same.
Every
head
in
in
Des
Moines
is
worth
the
same
amount
in
Road
use
tax,
but
we
steer
that
to
where
it's
needed.
As
I
mentioned
at
the
November
pavement
management
briefing,
we
use
payment
management
software
to
send
the
the
resources
to
where
it's
needed
most.
D
The
storm
water
rate
is
another
Equity,
another
Equitable
consideration
baked
into
our
ordinances
because
of
their
three
tiers
for
for
single-family
residences,
and
it's
based
on,
roughly
speaking
on
roof
size
and
impervious
areas.
So
a
a
in
a
neighborhood
with
less
affluent
homes,
you
will
find
smaller
roof
sizes,
less
pervious,
less
impervious
parking,
so
they
then
pay
a
corresponding
lower
rate.
So
there's
one
half
1.0
and
1.5,
so
the
larger
ones
home
gets
up
to
a
certain
point.
D
The
the
higher
a
rate
goes
and
we
do
charge
the
actual
square
footage
of
of
impervious
area
for
all.
Multi-Family
and
Commercial
residents
are
commercial
structures,
including
non-non-profit
and
governmental
and
other
things,
so
our
largest
stormwater
customer,
if
you
want
to
think
in
terms
of
that,
is
the
Des
Moines
Airport,
which
has
an
ocean
of
concrete
out
there
with
Runway
and
generates
a
lot
of
the
revenue
that
goes
into
the
to
to
the
stormwater
system.
D
D
The
snow
routes
will
follow
the
bus
routes
so
that
our
most
vulnerable
residents
that
rely
on
the
transportation
on
Dart
and
public
transportation
to
get
to
work
can
have
that
that
same
that
same
level
of
service
that
everyone
else
does
by
getting
onto
the
main
roads
and
driving.
So
one
Equity
consideration
there
there
this
we'll
see
that
again
in
the
the
next
piece,
but
the
stability
of
the
sanitary
sewer
customer
access
fee.
D
It
has
remained
four
dollars
and
forty
cents
per
month
for
the
basic
sewer
customer
access
service
charge
for
15
years,
maybe
longer
that
keeps
the
cost
of
service
low
for
the
again
aiming
at
the
the
the
a
senior
in
a
small
home
with
a
fixed
budget.
The
rest
of
the
sewer
revenue
is
flow
based
so
the
more
times
you
flush,
the
toilet,
take
a
shower
wash
your
clothes,
those
kinds
of
things,
the
higher
your
your
sewer
bill
will
be.
D
But
for
you
know
the
stereotypical
little
lady
living
in
a
in
a
small
house
by
yourself.
It's
still
four
dollars
and
forty
cents
a
month
and
has
been
for
a
very
long
time
and
will
pay
a
very
modest
amount
based
on
Flow
and
we're
we're
capturing
the
the
revenue
for
the
sewer
system
on
the
heaviest
users
rather
than
spreading
that
across
everybody.
Equally,
so
we
try
to
keep
that
low
so
that
so
that
smaller
homes
aren't
penalized
for
having
small
usage.
D
D
The
first
wave
of
that
has
shown
up
in
debt
forgiveness
and
we're
we're
in
so
far
for
one
million
dollars
of
debt
forgiveness
at
the
city
of
Des
Moines
for
a
Wastewater
project,
three
million
dollars
at
the
WRA
of
which
we
will
will
benefit
from
about
half
of
on
the
city
of
Des,
Moines
sewer
bills
and
then
there's
more
debt
forgiveness
to
come.
We
were
notified
just
a
week
or
so
ago.
That
more
is
on
the
way,
but
we
weren't
told
how
much
the
maximum
award
is
a
million
dollars.
D
It's
an
easy
way
for
the
state
of
Iowa
to
spend
at
least
half
of
the
of
that
115
million
dollars
has
to
go
to
disadvantaged
communities,
so
we're
we're
we're.
We
have
Priority
Access
to
half
of
that
state
funding
and
our
have
already
seen
four
million
dollars
of
it
delivered
to
the
community
and
more
to
come.
D
D
So
we
do
have
some
decisions
that
are
driven
by
equality
concerns
and
one
of
those
is
again
back
to
snowplow
routing.
We
want
to
the
the
phrase
that
I
use
with
my
team
when
talking
about
equality.
Is
that
everyone's
on
a
Level
Playing
Field?
And
there
are
many
things
in
our
in
our
decision
making
process
that
I
just
walked
through
where
we
want
to
take
an
equity
lens
to
try
to
decide
how
to
best,
apportion
our
efforts
and
and
our
services
and
access
to
them.
D
D
So
we
will
move
snow
Roots
into
neighborhoods
to
to
to
make
sure
that
the
longest
drive
that
a
resident
has
to
make
on
any
snow
covered
road
is
that
that
slow
going
to
get
out
of
the
neighborhood
is
no
more
than
four
blocks
and
and
the
most
recent
change
in
that
had
was
several
years
ago,
but
that
is
a
a
hard
rule
in
it.
So
when
we
adjust
the
snow
routes
typically
to
follow
the
dart
route,
that's
an
annual
adjustment.
D
We
then
go
back
through
the
the
snow
route
system
and
make
sure
that
that
any
of
those
changes
didn't
upset
that
equal
access
to
the
to
the
snow
root
system,
putting
someone
more
than
four
blocks
away.
There
are
just
a
few
homes
where,
where
four
blocks
is
the
magic
number
for
them,
and
that
can
seem
like
a
long
drive,
but
it
is
it
typically
just
low
volume,
roads,
residential
in
nature,
there's
just
four
of
them
in
a
row.
D
H
D
Pothole
patching
response
is
something
that
we
aim
to
get
to
every
single
phone
call
within
24
to
48
hours
during
Peak
pothole
season.
We
stretch
that
out
to
to
five
working
days,
but
during
the
rest
of
the
year
we
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone's
phone
call
is
answered
and
promptly
responded
to,
and
really
we
take
that
same
kind
of
approach
with
all
customer
service
requests.
D
We
aim
to
be
immediately
responsive
to
as
many
people
as
quickly
as
possible,
regardless
of
where
they
live,
or
what
what
their
address
is
or-
or
you
know
what
ZIP
code
they're
they're,
calling
in
from
whether
it's
picking
up
trash
on
the
roadside,
responding
to
to
street
sweeping
requests,
Auto
patching
and
all
of
the
any
snow
and
ice
control
complaints
during
the
the
snow
season.
We
get
right
on
it
and
try
to
get
solve
everyone's
problem
as
quickly
as
possible,
so
that
everyone
is
accessing
our
services
on
an
equal
footing.
I.
A
S
N
D
N
N
D
I
I
D
D
One
more
equality
based
service
that
we
offer
is
tree
planting
through
tiny
trees.
That's
every
resident
in
Des
Moines
can
access
five
free
trees,
regardless
of
of
their.
You
know
the
size
of
their
yard.
Eventually,
we
can
fill
up
a
big
yard
I'm
running
out
of
planting
spaces
on
on
my
yard,
I
got
six
or
six
or
eight
tiny
trees
that
I've
planted
over
the
years.
The
tallest
one
is
now
15
feet
tall.
We
don't
stay.
H
D
Moines
resident
can
can
get
their
tiny
tree.
I
mean
yeah,
that's
baked
in
the
name.
I
didn't
know
that
yeah
they're
they're
they're
seedlings
that
we
get
from
the
state
Nursery
they
come
in.
You
know
bulk
pack
and
we
break
them
down
with
volunteers
from
trees
forever
and
hand
out.
We've
handed
out
40
000
trees,
so
borders
are
up
to
about
6
500
for
this
year
expecting
to
get
to
7
500
before
distribution
day.
D
Q
D
K
D
D
Before
I
put
pecan
tree
in
there,
that
can
start
producing
pecans
within
six
years
under
the
right
conditions.
A
couple
Evergreens
flowering,
trees,
they're
all
Native
to
to
Iowa,
so
increasing
the
biodiversity
of
our
canopy.
By
giving
away
free
trees,
it
costs
about
fifteen
thousand
dollars
a
year
to
do
this,
and
we've
done
40,
000,
trees
so
far
and
another
65
to
75.
It
is
big
bang
for
the
buck.
D
Even
if
we
had
99
tree
mortality
that
one
percent
that
makes
it
to
to
maturity
20
years
from
now,
still
cost
less
than
than
the
same
amount
of
canopy.
If
we
were
to
buy
the
larger
trees,
we
we
do
still
rely
on
the
larger
trees
and
many
of
our
public
spaces,
because
they're
not
well
suited
to
you
know,
starting
with
a
sapling,
but
so
to
get
them
in
our
tougher
environments,
along
roadsides
and
in
Parks.
We
have
to
start
with
bigger
trees.
D
We
are
taking
a
novel
approach
of
taking
small
trees,
handing
them
out
to
Residents
to
grow
in
their
backyards
and
then
give
them
two
three
years
and
put
a
couple
feet
on
them
and
we'll
take
them
back
and
plant
them.
That's
still
in
the
in
the
in
early
stages,
but
we
expect
to
grow
several
hundred
trees
that
way
for
the
price
princely
cost
of
a
dollar
per
tree
and
a
volunteer
donating
water
and
yard
space
to
grow
the
tree.
D
I
I
D
And
the
the
last
piece
where
I
think
we'll
we'll
offer
the
conversation
where
we
take
in
a
quality
lens,
is
that
everyone
deserves
flood
protection,
so
the
you
know,
100
million
more,
that
we're
investing
in
our
levees
does
not
care
about
who's
behind
it.
It's
just
if,
if
the,
if
the
land
behind
there
has
people
and
and
and
infrastructure
and
buildings
that
we
wish
to
protect,
it
gets
protected.
So
everyone
stands
on
on
even
footing
with
flood
protection
from
our
rivers
in
our
Levy
system
yeah.
D
F
D
D
C
It
feels
almost
like
a
daily
basis
when
you
look
at
interest
rates
as
well,
but
I'll
I'll
be
working
with
staff
to
see
just
what
more
can
we
do
when
it
comes
to
affordable
housing
and
stronger
Point?
Yet
for
those
of
us
that
are
fortunate
to
own
our
own
homes,
that
is
building
equity
and
so
again,
the
other
side
of
the
spectrum.
C
The
taxable
valuation
increases
are
yet
to
be
determined
through
the
rollback
and
by
state
law
Statewide.
They
should
only
be
allowed
to
increase
by
three
percent.
So
it's
a
game
of
averages
did
Des
Moines
do
better
than
the
rest
of
the
state.
Yes,
I
think
we
probably
did
as
far
as
the
increases,
so
we
won't
see
three
percent,
but
I
would
be
shocked
if
our
total
growth
was
more
than
four
percent.
N
H
H
C
What
it
says,
then,
I
need
to
check
their
calculations.
The
the
way
they
reported
was
accurate
if
they
have
a
tabulation.
Let's
check
that,
because
again,
the
actual
dollars
paid
should
go
up
between
three
and
four
percent.
If
the
taxing
authorities
like
us,
keep
our
tax
rates
at
the
same,
that's
required
by
state.
So
that's
not
rhetoric.
So.
H
C
C
To
pay
for
anything
I'll
check
on
it,
my
guess
is
they
left
the
rollback
the
same
that
will
not
happen.
The
residential
rollback
will
be
going
down
to
account
for
the
market
values
going
up
so
quickly.
So
but
it's
a
topic.
Obviously
that
is
fresh,
so
I
just
feel
free
to
keep
the
communication
going.
C
B
K
Have
a
couple
things:
NFC,
neighborhood,
Finance
Corporation
has
sold
their
building
on
Sixth
Avenue,
so
now
they're
working
on
bids
they're
moving
out
to
48th
and
Franklin,
so
they
will
be
moving
into
a
bigger,
more
spacious,
botanical
gardens
continues
to
grow.
Memberships
are
up,
we're
seeing
more
people
are
going
to
the
to
the
Botanical
Gardens
and
it
is
a
museum,
so
they
belong
to
the
museums
for
all
programs.
K
I
I
It's
pretty
awesome:
they
solo
thirteen
thousand
five
hundred
Advanced
tickets,
so
they
are
limiting
the
number
of
people
for
each
evening
at
twenty
of
500.
So
you
don't
have
to
worry
about
being
overcrowded,
but
I
suspect
they'll
have
some
good
traffic.
This
coming
weekend
and
from
the
Arts
Festival
board,
they've
launched
creatives
breakfast
group
that
they
meet
once
a
month
to
help
the
members
of
the
creative
Community
about
how
to
be
better
business,
people
and
so
I
think
they've
they've
had
three
of
these.
I
Now
the
first
two
were
80
plus
people
they've
had
50
at
the
most
recent
one
and
their
entire
staff
is
going
through
active
shooter
training,
I
guess
a
lot
of
organizations.
I
was
unaware
that
they
were
doing
this,
but
for
outdoor
events,
the
Metro
Star
team
is
helping
with
paid
staff
and
volunteer
committees
with
that
training.
It's
kind
of
a
sad
commentary
of
of
where
we
are,
but
so
thank
you.
N
N
B
F
F
Other
dark
news
is,
we
continue
to
work
on
the
operation
and
maintenance
facility,
so
Dart
will
be
in
a
couple
weeks
submitting
another
application
for
the
bus
and
bus
facilities
Grant
at
the
federal
level,
we'll
be
asking
for
40
million
dollars
in
the
current
round
of
of
funding.
Just
so
folks
know
for
contact.
F
We
have
both.
We
have
a
almost
50
year
old,
existing
building
that
the
FDA
has
said.
They
will
no
longer
participate
in
federal
dollars
to
repair
or
maintain
that
building
that
building
is
in
post-inflation
dollars,
post
covert
dollars,
looking
at
63
million
dollars
to
maintain
and
operate
that
building
over
the
coming
years,
that
would
be
all
all
local
property
taxpayers
and
not
really
meet
the
facility
needs.
F
F
The
buses
are
too
big
to
fit
into
the
into
the
body
shop,
so
what
they
have
to
do
if
they're
painting
a
bus
rather
than
put
it
in
in
the
body
shop,
they
have
to
take
the
panel
pieces
off
to
take
it
into
the
paint
room
to
paint
it.
It's
things
like
that
that
are
just
incredibly
inefficient
so
that
next
round
of
funding
for
the
bus
and
bus
facilities,
Grant
will
be
incredibly
important
to
a
go.
No
go
decision
by
the
commission.
F
There's
been
good
support
and
engagement.
Just
went
on
a
tour
yesterday
of
the
existing
operation
and
maintenance
facility,
with
Congressman
nuns
staff,
they're
they're,
hopefully
going
to
be
getting
a
letter
of
support
into
FDA
for
us.
We've
also
had
other
collaborators
The
Building
Trades
has
offered
a
letter
of
support
for
the
project,
particularly
with
the
Biden
Administration
criteria.
F
F
F
The
unsheltered
study,
which
has
been
a
piece
of
the
homeless,
coordinating
Council
work.
We've
previously
heard
on
the
future
forward
task
force,
which
is
part
of
the
partnership
and
downtown
DSM
board.
I,
will
say
downtown
DSM
board
has
been
doing
some
work
on
some
of
those
Skywalk
reimagined
pieces.
There
are
a
couple
of
pop-up
art
installations
that
came
about
as
part
of
the
preparation
for
the
NCAA
tournament.
F
H
H
That
has
become
very
challenging,
to
say
the
least
when
when
I
was
the
chair,
it
was
brought
to
me
like
we
were
leaving
a
lot
of
money
on
the
table
as
far
as
grants
and
things
over
dollars
that
weren't
out
there
that
if
we
didn't
form
this,
that
we
would
be
able
to,
we
were
we
were
leaving
money
on
the
table.
Well,
I!
Don't
believe
that
was
the
case.
H
As
of
now
Polk
County
already
has
pulled
out
of
mipa.
It
is
a
duplicate
of
art.
Services
Pleasant
Hill
will
be
pulling
out
of
mipa
Altoona
will
be
pulling
out
a
mipa.
I
would
suggest
that
that
we
do
the
same
as
as
it's
I
mean
it
is
a
duplicate
of
our
services.
We
have
an
economic
development
team
that
already
does
what
we
need
to
do
and
so
I
would
look
to
I've
looked
at
some
others
to
to
get
their
opinions
as
we
go
forward.
H
I,
don't
believe
that
there
is
other
than
that
that
that
has
been
the
most
challenging
portion
of
the
mpo,
because
it's
so
mixed
together
now
between
our
board
and
their
board,
and
it's
been
trying
to
be
separated
and
it's
it's.
It's
been
a
challenge:
they've
hired
people
under
the
mpo
to
work
that
our
assessment
is
paying
for
a
portion
of
that,
but
not
all
of
it
and
it's
shared
employees
and
it's
it's
amazing.
H
You
know,
there's
multiple
raised
grants
and
Rise
grants
that
have
been
build,
grants
that
have
been
put
in,
unfortunately,
for
for
this
coming
cycle
as
we
need
this
is
this:
is
the
last
the
last
one
for
the
southeast
connector
we're
hoping
that
we'll
be
successful
this
time
to
to
complete
that
that
road?
We
think
it's
very
important.
H
It's
unfortunate
that
that
other
others
haven't
I,
mean
I,
understand
the
airport,
but
there's
a
couple
other
road
projects
that
probably
could
have
held
off
another
year,
but
they've
decided
not
to
do
that
in
other
communities
and
that's
part
of
what
the
mpo
should
be
working
on
with
these
other
communities
and
and
working
towards
Transportation
focused
things
that
I
think
that
we've
we've
gone
awry
we're
getting
into
other
things
where
we're
not
a
solid
transformation.
Core
Group,
we
did
a
a
brief,
I
I.
H
I
think
that
was
a
clear
I'm,
not
sure
staff
heard
that
but
I
think
it
was
very
clear
that
the
elected
at
least
the
majority
of
them
want
that
I
know
the
argument
with
mippo.
Was
you
know
it's
good
for
these
smaller
communities?
Well,
I
mean
Pleasant,
Hill
and
Altoona
are
smaller
communities
and
they
are
definitely
pulling
out
and
and
I
see
others
to
do
the
same.
Obviously,
real,
quick
I
don't
know
mayor.
Did
you
want
to
talk
about
water?
H
Trails
I
mean
like
give
a
brief
update
or
do
I've
been
working
on
Scott
Street
and
you
know
they
cleared
out
some
trees,
so
they
are
doing
the
stuff
that
working
on
that
the
portion
of
the
raccoon
they
haven't
figured
out
where
their
entry
point
will
be.
They
tell
me
it
is
fully
funded
when
they
do
decide
to
do
that.
They
have.
They
have
the
dollars.
Q
H
A
quite
of
Attraction,
if
at
least
you'd
be
able
to
get
into
the
raccoon
and
come
down
through
the
Confluence
and
be
able
to
exit
it
period.
At
least
we
would
be
able
to
use
it
I'm,
not
sure
how
much
use
it's
going
to
get
without
that.
So
that
is
going
to
be
crucial,
that
that
does
get
done,
because
the
Center
Street
dam
is
going
to
be
years.
J
H
They've
decided
that
the
expansion
North
Murray
isn't
going
to
happen,
so
we
will
be
rezoning.
Those
homes
back
to
residential
North,
America,
North,
America
you'll
see
some
that'll,
be
okay
with
that
all
right
and
you'll
be
some
that
probably
not
okay
with
that,
because
they
wanted
to
get
paid
and
get
out
of
their
own
so
be
prepared.
That
will
be
coming
up.
Sorry.
F
F
There
are
federal
dollars
available
for
climate
action
planning
from
the
EPA.
Iowa
is
one
of
only
four
states
that
did
not
submit
a
letter
of
intent
to
participate.
What
that
means
is
that,
then,
certain
Metro
areas
are
eligible
to
apply
for
those
dollars.
The
Des
Moines
Metro
is
eligible
to
apply
for
those
dollars,
and
my
hope
is
that
we,
as
a
community
figure
out
how
to
apply
for
those
dollars,
whether
that
be
Des,
Moines,
directly
or
mpo,
talked
about
it.
F
The
scope
of
that
work
would
be
a
bit
broader
than
just
Transportation,
obviously
Transportation
emissions.
Sorry
major
part
of
a
climate
action
plan,
but
the
scope
would
need
to
be
broader
for
something
like
that:
I'm
supportive
of
us
figuring
out
whether
we
do
it
through
our
sustainability
office
or
through
the
mpo,
but
doing
some
of
that
initial
planning,
and
they
will.
These
grants
provide
dollars
for
planning
staff
to
plan
activities.
F
That
would
help
us
Implement
what
we're
working
on
from
a
climate
action
plan
and
then
that's
a
first
step
to
be
eligible
for
future
implementation
dollars.
So
we're
leaving
a
lot
of
money
on
the
table
for
things
that
we're
already
talking
about
doing.
If
we
don't
either
do
the
planning
Grant
with
mpo
or
internal
to
the
city.
B
N
J
C
J
C
C
D
B
Federal
government's
going
to
look
at
it
is,
if
they
look
at
the
mpos
exclusively
a
transportation
organization,
then
we
may
be
limited
to
just
Transportation
Dollar
application.
We
need
the
broader
sense
sure
so.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
keep
our
feet
as
wide
as
possible
so
that
we
can
step
in
the
right.
F
F
The
bottom
line
is,
let's
not
lose
sight
of
we've
got.
We've
got
a
deadline
by
the
end
of
this
month
to
submit
that
notice
of
intent
and
I.
I
hope
everyone
agrees
that
that
would
be
a
priority
so
that
we
don't
lose
out
on
these
dollars.
I
mean
that's
one
of
the
Endless
frustrations
with
the
state.
Is
the
state
walks
away
from
these
dollars
that
you
know
there
are
plenty
of
other
communities
in
this
country
that
are
happy
to
take
up
those
dollars,
but
we
should.